The Lilly Library is the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington. Its collections represent a diversity of subjects, including literature; children’s literature; history; folklore; science; radio, film and television; book collecting and bookselling; journalism; and translation.
The Arikha mss., 1933-2011, consists of correspondence from writer Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, to Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010, and Arikha's wife, poet Anne Atik, 1932-. Arikha's various collected periodicals, catalogues, theatre ephemera, criticisms of Beckett, and other related items.
The Aristotle mss., 1603-1704, consists of commentaries on the works of Aristotle. At least half of the volumes concentrate on logic, but other subjects are covered as well, including physics and general philosophy.
The Armour mss., 1952-1956, consists of letters from author Upton Sinclair, 1878-1968, to author and English professor Richard Willard Armour, 1906-1989.
The Armstrong, T. mss., 1932-1945, consists of drafts and annotated printed copies of poetic works by author Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, 1912-1970, who published as John Gawsworth.
The Arnold mss., 1882-1899, consists primarily of letters written by British author Edwin Arnold, 1832-1904, to British India official Francis Henry Skrine, 1847-1933.
The Arthur LeRoy Kaser collection: plays by Arthur LeRoy Kaser from the twentieth century, 1927-1952, consist of 83 plays by Arthur LeRoy Kaser in 80 volumes.
The Asquith mss. II, 1881-1957, consists primarily of the letters of English writer and journalist Charles Whibley, 1859-1930, to English novelist Lady Cynthia Asquitch, 1887-1960.
The Astle mss., 1795-1797, consists of the letters and memoranda of Andrew Stuart, 1725-1801, Scottish lawyer, to Thomas Astle, 1735-1801, English antiquary and paleographer.
The Auchincloss mss., 1928-1935, consists of materials that were removed from Lilly Library copies of books by poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935. The books formerly belonged to broker Charles C. Auchincloss, 1881-1961.
The Augustan mss., 1688-1748, consists of manuscripts and correspondence collected by Indiana University Professor William T. Morgan, 1922-1945, relating to the Age of Queen Anne.
The Avallone mss., 1962-1984, consists of letters from author Robert Albert Bloch, 1917-1994, in Los Angeles, California, to writer Michael Avallone, 1924-1999, in New Jersey.
The Ayelsford mss., 1941-1968, consists primarily of correspondence, articles, photographs, and miscellaneous material collected by friar Father Brocard Sewell, 1912-2000, during the years he edited The Aylesford Review, a literary quarterly sponsored by the British Carmelites, 1955-1968.
The Baker, Hord, and Hendricks mss., 1862-1916, consists of records of the Indianapolis, Indiana, law firm founded in 1862 by Thomas Andrews Hendricks, 1819-1885, and Oscar B. Hord, 1829-1888.
The Baker, K. mss., 1958-1978, consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and other materials of modern authors collected by businessman Keith Baker, 1906-1986.
The Baker Street Irregulars mss., 1923-2007, consists of correspondence, business files, and publications of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes literary society founded in 1934.
The Ballantyne mss., 1934-1972, consists of letters written to Scottish collector Charles Ballantyne, 1903-1985, about novelist William Beckford, 1760-1844.
The Ball mss., 1873-1981, consists of the correspondence, family papers, and items collected by George Alexander Ball, 1862-1955, his wife, Frances Emily (Woodworth) Ball, 1872-1958, and their daughter, Elisabeth Woodworth Ball, 1897-1982.
The Banta mss., 1836-1888, consists of the papers of James P. Banta, 1814-1873, Civil War soldier of Salem, Indiana, and his wife, Jane P. Lewelling, 1812-.
The Barke mss., 1948, consists of three volumes of The Wonder of All the Gay World: A Novel of the Life and Loves of Robert Burns by author James Barke, 1905-1958.
The Barker mss., 1953-1954, consists of four notebooks of George Barker, 1913-1991, author, and an undated letter from him to David John Wright, 1920-1994, author.
The Barnard, H. mss., 1924-1983, consists of the correspondence of Harry Barnard, 1906-1982, journalist, relating to his projected biography of Wendell Lewis Willkie, 1892-1944.
The Barnard mss., 1940-1966, consists of the research materials gathered by scholar of English literature Ellsworth Barnard, 1907-2003, for his biography Wendell Willkie: Fighter for Freedom (1966).
The Barnhart Dictionary mss., 1929-2005, consists of the correspondence, business records, project files, reference books, notes, and proofs of lexicographer Clarence L. Barnhart, 1900-1993, and the dictionaries he edited.
The Bartholomew mss., 1838-1886, consists of the papers of American businessman, pioneer, and judicial officer Jacob Bartholomew, 1818-1863, and his wife, Emily Ebersole Bartholomew, 1825-1913.